ESPN brokers deal for UFC broadcast rights currently owned by FOX

FOX Sports is out and ESPN is in.
Just weeks after nabbing the UFC’s streaming rights beginning next year, ESPN has secured the full broadcast deal for the promotion, Variety reported Tuesday night. The deal would begin in 2019 and signals that FOX Sports will no longer carry UFC events, which it has since 2011. ESPN, its group of networks and the digital streaming ESPN+ will be the small-screen, non-pay-per-view home for the UFC starting next year.
ESPN confirmed the report Wednesday mor